Most Beloved Books From the 19th Century

The 19th century was when the novel really took off, particularly across Europe. As such, some of the world's most well-known and beloved classics were born from 1800—1899. No doubt you're familiar with most of these books, either by reputation or personal experience.

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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

Pride and Prejudice

1

Jane Austen

Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)

Jane Eyre

2

Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)

Wuthering Heights

3

Emily Brontë

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

4

Oscar Wilde

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

Frankenstein

5

Mary Shelley

Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)

Sense and Sensibility

6

Jane Austen

Persuasion (Jane Austen)

Persuasion

7

Jane Austen

Dracula (Bram Stoker)

Dracula

8

Bram Stoker

Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)

Great Expectations

9

Charles Dickens

Emma (Jane Austen)

Emma

10

Jane Austen

Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)

Anna Karenina

11

Leo Tolstoy

Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Crime and Punishment

12

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Northanger Abby (Austen)

Northanger Abby

13

Austen

Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

Little Women

14

Louisa May Alcott

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

15

Mark Twain

Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)

Madame Bovary

16

Gustave Flaubert

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

A Christmas Carol

17

Charles Dickens

Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)

Mansfield Park

18

Jane Austen

A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

A Tale of Two Cities

19

Charles Dickens

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

20

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)

The Count of Monte Cristo

21

Alexandre Dumas

Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)

Tess of the D'urbervilles

22

Thomas Hardy

Middlemarch (George Eliot)

Middlemarch

23

George Eliot

Moby Dick (Herman Melville)

Moby Dick

24

Herman Melville

Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)

Les Miserables

25

Victor Hugo

North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)

North and South

26

Elizabeth Gaskell

The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

The Scarlet Letter

27

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)

The Woman in White

28

Wilkie Collins

The Importance of Being Ernest (Oscar Wilde)

The Importance of Being Ernest

29

Oscar Wilde

Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)

Oliver Twist

30

Charles Dickens

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

31

Mark Twain

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

32

Lewis Carroll

The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

The Brothers Karamazov

33

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)

War and Peace

34

Leo Tolstoy

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

35

Anne Brontë

Villette (Charlotte Brontë)

Villette

36

Charlotte Brontë

Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)

Heart of Darkness

37

Joseph Conrad

David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)

David Copperfield

38

Charles Dickens

Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)

Far From the Madding Crowd

39

Thomas Hardy

A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)

A Study in Scarlet

40

Arthur Conan Doyle

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